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Design Category
Typographic design, 2001
Designer
Avi Haltovsky (Israel)
Collection
(2002) AIGA 365: 23
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Papercut is a modern font designed specifically for use in three-dimensional environments. Instead of taking an existing font and giving it three-dimensional characteristics, Papercut is carved out of a physical shape. The resulting letterforms are all recognizable when viewed from a particular angle. Each letter’s rotation is an important feature of this font, although the designer who uses it has the freedom to use any rotation they want.
“It’s an unusual premise, and it’s surprising. It comes out with some amazing results. It’s an end to itself—there’s no application to it. It’s intriguing and worthwhile. Every character has a critical shape. Very interesting.”
“It’s really lovely to see it happen in front of your eyes.”